Has anyone else noticed that FOX 29 HD no longer works with the coaxial plugged directly into the TV? All of the other networks are fine; but for whatever reason Fox 29 is only in SD now...

I doubt it is gone. More likely they just moved it to a non-traditional physical QAM channel. The traditional QAM channels that Fox uses in the Philly market are 29.1 for Fox HD and 29.5 for Fox SD. Your local Comcast franchise is probably still sending the SD signal on 29.5, but for some reason decided to move Fox HD to something other than 29.1. My franchise does this with the CW. It should be 57.1 for HD and 57.5 for SD, but my CW HD is located at 116.1 while the SD stayed at 57.5.

You are going to have to rescan your channels on your TV and carefully check every single channel that it lists until you find Fox HD.

I doubt it is gone. More likely they just moved it to a non-traditional physical QAM channel. The traditional QAM channels that Fox uses in the Philly market are 29.1 for Fox HD and 29.5 for Fox SD. Your local Comcast franchise is probably still sending the SD signal on 29.5, but for some reason decided to move Fox HD to something other than 29.1. My franchise does this with the CW. It should be 57.1 for HD and 57.5 for SD, but my CW HD is located at 116.1 while the SD stayed at 57.5.

You are going to have to rescan your channels on your TV and carefully check every single channel that it lists until you find Fox HD.

Thanks for the feedback.

29.5 is the only FOX we get now. 29.1 was what it use to get...I live in NE Philly.

I've been rescanning on STD every few weeks since this happened two-three months ago. I'll try to take a closer look.

Thanks for sharing! Can't locate the HD channel after rescanning today. I'm guessing it will be missing in limbo for a bit.

It could be that Comcast moved it to a channel outside of the range of your TV's QAM tuner. My franchise has the 2 WYBE subchannels located in the upper 120's. My PC tuner finds them but my 5 year old Sony TV and my Moxi don't go up that high. They both stop at around 124.

If you have an HD box you can find what frequency it's on by simply tuning to FOX HD, then turn off the box, go into diagnostics(Press OK/SELECT within a couple seconds of powering off the box) and look at current channel status, I think it's option 3 or 4. One of the lines on the screen will tell you the physical frequency it's on.

I didn't know of any areas that pushed past ch 120, I thought most if not all of this region was 750mhz gear, maybe they are testing higher frequencies? Upper 120s is pushing into 800mhz+. I know both Lower Bucks(Bensalem) and Mont Co(KoP) use analog Weatherscan local on ch 120 as sort of a "test" to see the PQ that much above 750mhz. It always looks great.

If you have an HD box you can find what frequency it's on by simply tuning to FOX HD, then turn off the box, go into diagnostics(Press OK/SELECT within a couple seconds of powering off the box) and look at current channel status, I think it's option 3 or 4. One of the lines on the screen will tell you the physical frequency it's on.

I didn't know of any areas that pushed past ch 120, I thought most if not all of this region was 750mhz gear, maybe they are testing higher frequencies? Upper 120s is pushing into 800mhz+. I know both Lower Bucks(Bensalem) and Mont Co(KoP) use analog Weatherscan local on ch 120 as sort of a "test" to see the PQ that much above 750mhz. It always looks great.

I have some questions, I recently installed a happauge 1800 in my pc. I split my cable wire and ran it into both inputs and did a scan with wmc and it missed a few channels that I am able to get when I have the wire ran to the tv. I am not sure how to get these channels on there. These are the channel it missed
81.1 cwhd
51.5 wtve
103.2 njn2
108.1 ionhd
119.3 cnhd
9.5 mind
9.6 mind

Scroll down the list and check the box next to the channels you are missing. After you put a check in the box, press the right arrow button once. The channel description field (c81.1, c51.5 etc) should now be selected. Press the center OK button to bring up the guide listings. Scroll through the list until you find the corresponding channel listing and press OK again. Continue to your next missing channel and repeat. When you are finished press Save.

Can someone tell me why KXXV-HD cuts thier power after Midnight? I have seen this happen 2 nights in a row and it is very frustrating. I am just north of Austin, TX no other OTA staitons are cutting thier power. I am a MBE with the SCTE and while i generally understand this sort of thing, This Instance makes no sense!

I live in Berks county PA and have the Xfinity service. Overall the service has been good since I started it last July. Within the last month I noticed that channel 10, WCAU, quality has declined considerably. I think it might be because of the 2 subchannels they added that split the signal and adversely affect the HD. Does anyone else notice this? It really shows up on the NBC nightly news when they switch from one scene to another and there is slight pixilation. In our area the channel 10 signal must originate from an antenna rather than a direct line. Does WCAU use a direct line in other areas for COMCAST?

I didn't know of any areas that pushed past ch 120, I thought most if not all of this region was 750mhz gear, maybe they are testing higher frequencies? Upper 120s is pushing into 800mhz+. I know both Lower Bucks(Bensalem) and Mont Co(KoP) use analog Weatherscan local on ch 120 as sort of a "test" to see the PQ that much above 750mhz. It always looks great.

I don't know... I've seen a lot of SA GAINMAKER(tm) amplifiers and line extenders in Montgomery County. Look up GAINMAKER and they are all 860 MHz (blue label) or 1 GHz (red label).

Go a little west into Berks County and you'll see SA SYSTEM II and III gear. Much different looking housings. They are 750 MHz (pushing to 771).

I think most of the area is 860 in Montgomery county, but the OTN or hub only has enough bandwidth for 780 - 800 MHz. Your only as good as your weakest link.

Hey guys I am a complete newbie about all this stuff. I live in the greater ne Philly I have my comcast line plugged directly in the back of my plasma. I have a qam tuner. And I've auto programed and all I find is something like channel 13 it's just people exercising. No sound the rest all are black. Also that channel is just analog not digital. What am I doing wrong here? I am pretty sure its connected right that's why I get that one channel. The wire runs directly from outside to the tv no splitters it's direct to the comcast junction

Hey guys I am a complete newbie about all this stuff. I live in the greater ne Philly I have my comcast line plugged directly in the back of my plasma. I have a qam tuner. And I've auto programed and all I find is something like channel 13 it's just people exercising. No sound the rest all are black. Also that channel is just analog not digital. What am I doing wrong here? I am pretty sure its connected right that's why I get that one channel. The wire runs directly from outside to the tv no splitters it's direct to the comcast junction

Thanks for all the help.

A couple of things to check. First, double check the back of your plasma and make sure you have the right connector. Most newer TV's have more than one. If you have more than one, make sure you are not using the one labeled Antenna. The correct one is usually marked something like Cable or RF Input. Second, go into your Plasma settings and check your Signal Type. It sounds like you might have it set to Air/Antenna. You don't want it set to that. You want Cable. Good luck.

A couple of things to check. First, double check the back of your plasma and make sure you have the right connector. Most newer TV's have more than one. If you have more than one, make sure you are not using the one labeled Antenna. The correct one is usually marked something like Cable or RF Input. Second, go into your Plasma settings and check your Signal Type. It sounds like you might have it set to Air/Antenna. You don't want it set to that. You want Cable. Good luck.

Thanks. Maybe I am just plugged into a bad port on the terminal in the back of the duplex I am sure that the box has data going to it as upstairs has comcast and is also plugged into that box. And I am sure it's the right line also as I had a antenna on it outside previously.

Checked all of that previously. And again after you mentioned it all. I only have one connection in the back and it's labeled antenna and cable. And I've tried programming on both cable and antenna settings. I checked again the channel I get is channel 14 it has no audio. Also channel 118 has 50 sub channels all which are blank. The plasma is a th-42px75u

Well ran the cable to my lg plasma in living room and it works perfectly picking up all local and some random crappy channels. Now I'm confused why the other tv doesn't work correctly I have to check to see if there are extra settings I guess

Noticed in my bill that Comcast of Montgomery County?(KoP/Norristown) is FINALLY getting HDNET(ch 897) on June 30th. Pathetic considering we have had the space for it all along and other suburbs got it a long time ago.

Well after 2 years with FIOS I'm back on Comcast. Uh, Xfinity. It'll save me about $700 the first year and $400 the second year. And that's after upgrading 2 STBs. I don't like changing back and forth but I couldn't ignore the cost difference.

The only problem I'm having, and I feel fortunate in this regard, is I can't get my Slingbox working. It was working fine on FIOS. Now I get disconnected from the Slingbox while configuring it. This happens on my LAN; nevermind when trying to catch an afternoon Phillies game at work. So either my Slingbox failed while changing services (quite a coincidink but possible). Or there is an incompatibility with my new service provider. I would guess having to do with the Comcast provided Netgear WNR1000v2-VC router.

Does anyone have any success or failure stories with Slingbox and Comcast?

Thx,
Frank

Resolution: The problem turned out to be a failing AC adapter. I replaced the Slingboxes AC adapter and things worked fine. So it was a coincidink after all.

Well after 2 years with FIOS I'm back on Comcast. Uh, Xfinity. It'll save me about $700 the first year and $400 the second year. And that's after upgrading 2 STBs. I don't like changing back and forth but I couldn't ignore the cost difference.

The only problem I'm having, and I feel fortunate in this regard, is I can't get my Slingbox working. It was working fine on FIOS. Now I get disconnected from the Slingbox while configuring it. This happens on my LAN; nevermind when trying to catch an afternoon Phillies game at work. So either my Slingbox failed while changing services (quite a coincidink but possible). Or there is an incompatibility with my new service provider. I would guess having to do with the Comcast provided Netgear WNR1000v2-VC router.

Does anyone have any success or failure stories with Slingbox and Comcast?

Thx,
Frank

i have two slingboxes, one at home (Comcast) and one at my parent's in MI (also Comcast). both work great.

with a new router, you most likely have to set up a port for the slingbox on the router. directions for how to do this are found somewhere in the Slingplayer "Help"

good luck

EDIT: just remembered that the port setup is for internet viewing... anyway, for your issue, try hooking slingbox directly into cable modem and see if you can connect remotely... that'll tell you whether or not its the router.

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This past week I've had several recorded shows freeze up after just a few minutes of playback & they would not play beyond that point. One show I deleted then recorded a later showing & still experienced the freeze up after a few minutes of play. Another of these was re-recorded & played back fine. I'm concerned my relatively new DVR is acting up with at least one tuner, unless others have experienced a similar problem??

This past week I've had several recorded shows freeze up after just a few minutes of playback & they would not play beyond that point. One show I deleted then recorded a later showing & still experienced the freeze up after a few minutes of play. Another of these was re-recorded & played back fine. I'm concerned my relatively new DVR is acting up with at least one tuner, unless others have experienced a similar problem??

I noticed yesterday, HDNET is now up on channel 897 here. Along with it a number of channels breaking up & at least one not working at at all (channel 899 - ID). In addition, my DVR is VERY slow! Comcast is obviously working on something, anyone know?